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~ “How to Bathe,” Herald of Health, 1866

#The Herald of Health #1866 #injudicious bathing

~ Don'ts for Bachelors and Old Maids by Minna Thomas Antrim, 1908

#Don't for Bachelors and Old Maids #Minna Thomas Antrim #1908 #vintage advice

~ Mrs. Owen’s Cook Book and Useful Household Hints, by F.E. Owens, 1903

Why March? Mrs. Owen's doesn't say, so we'll just have to take her word for it

#vintage advice #F.E. Owens #Mrs. Owen's Cook Book #only in March #1903

~ Advice to Young Men and (Incidentally) to Young Women, in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life, by William Cobbett, 1829

#vintage advice #Advice to Young Men #William Cobbett #1829 #mirrors

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Shropshire News (Wellington, Shropshire) - Thursday 06 August 1868

Source: British Newspaper Archive

Love that both jobs were included, being a tinman is just as important as being a wizard. But being a wizard is better.

#Wizards #1868 #UU

~ The San Jose News, December 6, 1928

#Dorothy Mac #vintage advice #bobbed hair #1928

~ A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding, by Daisy Eyebright, 1852

I say, what peculiar phraseology you have

#A Manual of Etiquette #Daisy Eyebright #1852 #vintage advice #peculiar phraseology #slang

~ Best Foods Mayonnaise, 1966

Stressed out about the news? Try carving baskets out of cabbage. Hacking at things with a knife can be satisfying

#not just for salad anymore #You can use them all over the house #cat toy basket #cotton puffs in the bathroom #napkin holder #the uses of cabbage baskets are endless!#1966 #vintage ads #Best Foods

~ Spork, 1941 (via University of Saskatchewan)

The Meat of Many Uses!

#The Meat of Many Uses #roll it in a ball and play hacky sack #spackle those holes in the wall #use it as a face mask #Spork #1941 #vintage ads

~ Success in Letter Writing, by Sherwin Cody, 1913

#Success in Letter Writing #vintage advice #Sherwin Cody #1913 #the last test of love

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1915 Suffrage poster. From Women's History Uncovered, FB.

#Voting: the ultimate betrayal of womanhood #suffrage poster #1915 #women's suffrage

~ When You Marry, by Evelyn Millis Duvall and Reuben Hill, 1953

#When You Marry #1953 #thumb sucking #quiz #Evelyn Mills Duvall #vintage advice #no wonder our grandparents were a mess if their arms were tied to the mattress

~ Etiquette, Jr., by Mary Elizabeth Clark and Margery Closey Quigley, 1965

#Etiquette Jr.#vintage advice #Mary Elizabeth Clark #Margery Closey Quigley #common not popular

~ The Mentor: A Little Book for the Guidance of Such Men and Boys as would Appear to Advantage in the Society of Persons of the Better Sort, by Alfred Ayres, 1884

Vests are more complicated than you think: wearing the wrong one can make you look like a grave robber.

#vests #don't go around looking “Jakey”#vintage advice #1884 #The Mentor #Alfred Ayers #vintage fashion

~ The Winton Motor Carriage Co., 1898

It's made with Ball Bearings and goes from 3 to 20 mph, people. What else do you need to know?

Pro-horse propaganda

#Winton Motor Carriage Co.#1898 #vintage ads #from 3 to 20 mph #$1000 in 1898 is roughly 40K today

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Eskimo Pie, 1927

#Eskimo pie #well of course you can climb on the roof sweetie #vintage ads #1927

~ The Home and Farm Manual; A New and Complete Pictorial Cyclopedia of Farm, Garden, Household, Architectural, Legal, Medical and Social Information, by Hon. Jonathan Periam, 1884

You can't convince me that professional clowns are a thing that should exist, buffoonery or not

#no clowns #clowns = bad #The Home and Farm Manual #Jonathan Periam #1884 #vintage advice #NO BUFFOONERY

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